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> [“The first thing a principle does is to kill somebody. --Gaudy Night”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/the-first-thing-a-principle-does-is-to-kill-somebody-gaudy-night/)

[Dorothy Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-sayers/)

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## More by Dorothy Sayers

> [“As we cannot afford to squander our natural resources of minerals, food, and beauty, so we cannot afford to discard any human resources of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/as-we-cannot-afford-to-squander-our-natural-resources-of-minerals/)

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> [“The first thing a principle does is to kill somebody. --Gaudy Night”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/the-first-thing-a-principle-does-is-to-kill-somebody-gaudy-night/)

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> [“As Lord David Cecil has said: “The jargon of the philosophy of progress taught us to think that the savage and primitive state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/as-lord-david-cecil-has-said-the-jargon-of-the-philosophy-of-progress/)

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> [“In every age, art holds up to us the standard pattern of exemplary conduct, and real life does its best to conform.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/in-every-age-art-holds-up-to-us-the-standard-pattern-of-exemplary/)

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> [“What do you want me to do, Peter?" "Chuck the ball back to me if it runs out of the circle. Not obviously. Just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/what-do-you-want-me-to-do-peter-chuck-the-ball-back-to-me-if-it-runs/)

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> [“Forgiveness does not wipe away the consequences of the sin. The consequences are borne by somebody.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/forgiveness-does-not-wipe-away-the-consequences-of-the-sin-the/)

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> [“Isn't the writing of good prose an emotional excitement?" "Yes, of course it is. At least, when you get the thing dead right and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/isn-t-the-writing-of-good-prose-an-emotional-excitement-yes-of-course/)

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> [“If the one thing was right, everything elses must surely be right; the thing was axiomatic. It was true that happiness had often to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-sayers/if-the-one-thing-was-right-everything-elses-must-surely-be-right-the/)

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